A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 135 km SSW of Bambanglipuro, Indonesia (84 miles). Global time and date of event 19/12/15 / 2015-12-19 17:05:27 / December 19, 2015 @ 5:05 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 109.9153° East, latitude -9.123° South, depth = 48.17 km. The temblor was picked up at 00:05:27 / 12:05 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 48.17 km (30 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us100048v4. Event ids that are associated: us100048v4.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 135 km SSW of Bambanglipuro, Indonesia.
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